If you by the Spirit of Christ have the ability to access emulate Christ through you who is the image and expression of God which comes by and through the holy spirit of God and the Father is there to help those whom ask to be helped by the spirit now as adopted Children, are you not now spiritually in relationship with God and are now today in the original state where God desired for people to be before the fall?
Only waiting upon for death to leave here and go there to the heavenly realm resurrected and Be with the family of believers in the kingdom of God, which outside of the kingdom there are outsiders there, symbolic of the death of Christ on the cross. Staying in the darkness as it is what they wants, and God gives them to their desires. Perhaps those in the kingdom can go out and help, idk. It would give people something to do, for the Lord?
Matthew, we are not on the same page here!
When you use the phrase "the world is reconciled" you are explaining the reconciliation of man. when I use that same phrase, I'm speaking of a much broader reconciliation, the world.
There is a difference in the "reconciling of man" and the "reconciling of the world."
This is what I'm referring to when I use the phrase "the reconciling of the world."
Rom. 8: 18-23
"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
For the earnest expectation of the creature (creation) waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
For the creature (creation) was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Because the creature (creation) itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."
Paul is telling us here that all of creation will come into harmony with God at the resurrection. That includes man, animal life, plant life, even the cursed ground from the fall. All of creation has been cursed from sin. But will be reconciled at the resurrection.
This is the meaning of Colossians 1:20
"And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him
to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven."
But this does not mean that all men are reconciled to God, that is by choice, unlike the rest of creation.
We know this because the unreconciled are cast into the Lake of Fire.
